Site Map - Personnel Protection

07/22/2008 - Blackwater Worldwide officials say protective services were never "the master plan" and argue that sensational media coverage has distorted its image.

06/25/2008 - Aid agencies working in the world's most violent regions contemplate additional security measures as they find themselves under fire.

05/13/2008 - Senators and police tout the Bulletproof Vest Partnership during National Police Week.

04/29/2008 - The latest criminal craze to hit Mexico uses fear as its asset.

04/11/2008 - A new U.K. corporate manslaughter law may elevate corporate liability if employees get injured or die while traveling on the job, says iJet Intelligent Risk Systems.

03/18/2008 - Building and maintaining relationships can be the most crucial aspect for protecting an organization's assets and people in volatile regions overseas, a security director told attendees at ASIS International's global terrorism conference.

02/29/2008 - "Our blue flag does not protect us anymore," UN official says.

12/10/2007 - A Colorado appeals court has ruled that a business owner, Donald Keller, can be held liable for the negligent supervision of an employee, Firat Uzan, who sexually assaulted a family friend on the premises. Uzan, who had been asked to work alone at the store on weekends, brought the 12-year-old girl to the store and molested her. The court found that Keller should have known that Uzan was dangerous after three former employees, all of them teenaged girls, informed Keller that Uzan had sexually harassed or assaulted them on the premises. (Koca v. Keller, Colorado Court of Appeals, No. 02CA2498, 2004)

11/29/2007 - Mention Latin America to the average person, and thoughts of salsa dancing and rain forests may come to mind. Mention the region to corporate executives and kidnapping is likely to be their first thought.

10/04/2007 - A bill (H.R. 3165) introduced by Rep. Al Green (D-TX) would hold companies criminally liable for the deaths of contract employees that result from willful violations of safety standards set out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. H.R. 3165 has 12 cosponsors and has been referred to the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

10/03/2007 - Says his contractors are not cowboys before a congressional committee.

10/02/2007 - A new congressional report faults the State Department for its lack of accountability and its permissiveness regarding the private security contractor.

09/21/2007 - A bill (H.R. 4899) introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) would require that all cargo containers bound for the United States be scanned using the best-available technology—including radiation and density scanning—before they are loaded onto a ship. These scans would then be reviewed by U.S. security personnel before the container is loaded. Once scanned, the containers would be sealed with a device that would indicate whether the container has been tampered with in transit. Under the bill, this device would have to have the capability to notify officials if a breach has occurred before the container enters a U.S. port.